"That's My Kind of Night" is a song written by

Dallas Davidson Dallas Davidson is an American country music singer and songwriter from Albany, Georgia, who has written for artists such as Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell, Jake Owen, Luke Bryan, Randy Houser, Lady Antebellum, and Billy Curringto ...

Chris DeStefano Christopher Michael DeStefano is a Grammy Award-winning American singer/songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist currently living in Nashville. As a songwriter, he has multiple #1 songs with artists Carrie Underwood ( “Good Girl ...

, and

Ashley Gorley Ashley Glenn Gorley (born April 29, 1977) is an American songwriter, publisher, and producer from Danville, Kentucky, who is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Gorley has written 60 number 1 songs and has over 300 songs recorded by artists including ...

and recorded by American

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artist

Luke Bryan Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976) is an American country music, country singer, songwriter, and television personality. He began his music career writing songs for Travis Tritt and Billy Currington before signing with Capitol Reco ...

. It was released in August 2013 as the second single from his fourth studio album ''

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'' (2013). The track has been successful commercially, with "That's My Kind of Night" helping Bryan set a record as the first male country music artist to top the ''Billboard'''s

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and

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charts simultaneously.

Content and creation

In terms of the song's creation, co-songwriter

has stated about working with

and

that: The song is an up-tempo track in which the male narrator describes an ideal night with his lover.

Critical reception

The song received mixed to negative reviews from several critics. Billy Dukes of ''

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'' rated the song 2.5 stars out of 5, praising Bryan's performance of the song and describing the production of the song as "corny-cool." He also called it "an eye-roller from start to finish", but stated that "Bryan’s absolute commitment makes it tolerable, if not enjoyable in the right setting." Bob Paxman of ''

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'' gave the song a "C−" grade, saying that "it unfurls all the prerequisite clichés: jacked-up trucks, beer, getting your 'love on', and other assorted triteness", although he also said that it was "undeniably catchy and the record has some nice production touches, including the playful vocal." Ben Foster of ''Country Universe'' gave the song a "D−" grade, praising Bryan's vocal performance but added that "Unfortunately, it also has unabashedly dumb, mind-numbing lyrics that insult the history of the country genre and the intelligence of its fans, shamelessly recycling cliché after cliché right from the opening verse..." In a September 2013 interview,

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stated that the song was "the worst song e’sever heard." He later clarified on

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that he did not dislike Bryan as an artist. In Bryan's defense, artist

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posted on

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, and one of the song's co-writers,

, spoke out as well.

Music videos

Tour music video

The tour music video was directed by Michael Monaco and premiered in August 2013.

Official music video

The official music video for "That's My Kinda Night" was premiered on September 13, 2013 on ET Online. It was directed by

Shaun Silva Shaun Silva is a music video director who works primarily in the country music field. He has directed a number of music videos for many country music artists, including many of Kenny Chesney's music videos. His other clients include Jason Aldean, ...

Commercial performance

"That's My Kind of Night" debuted at number 21 on the ''

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and number 40 on the

charts dated of August 17, 2013. It also debuted at number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 19 on the

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charts dated of August 31, 2013. It reached number one on the Hot Country Songs chart in its third week. The single was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA on May 20, 2014, and it reached its 2 million sales mark in the United States in June 2014. As of August 2015, the song has sold 2,492,000 copies in the US. Bryan, with the help of "That's My Kind of Night", set a record in late 2013 as the first male country music artist to top ''Billboard's'' Hot Country Songs and Top Country Albums charts simultaneously.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Luke Bryan 2013 singles Luke Bryan songs Songs written by Dallas Davidson Songs written by Chris DeStefano Songs written by Ashley Gorley Capitol Records Nashville singles 2013 songs Music videos directed by Shaun Silva